/*
 * A Collection of Miscellaneous Utilities
 *
 * Copyright 2010
 *      The President and Fellows of Harvard College.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
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 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
 * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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 */

package edu.harvard.util;


/**
 * A pointer in Java. Yay!
 * 
 * @author Peter Macko
 */
public class Pointer<T> {

	protected T object;


	/**
	 * Constructor for objects of type Pointer
	 */
	public Pointer() {
		this.object = null;
	}


	/**
	 * Constructor for objects of type Pointer
	 *
	 * @param object the object
	 */
	public Pointer(T object) {
		this.object = object;
	}


	/**
	 * Return the object
	 *
	 * @return the object
	 */
	public T get() {
		return object;
	}


	/**
	 * Set the object
	 *
	 * @param object the object
	 */
	public void set(T object) {
		this.object = object;
	}
}
